Vol. 27 No. 2 (2021): The day that changed the world? September 11 20 years later
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Conspiracy theories and the question of evil: September 11, 2001

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  • Hugo Pérez Hernáiz
DOI: https://doi.org/10.34019/2594-8296.2021.v27.33824

Published 2021-09-10

Keywords

  • Conspiracy theories,
  • 9/11,
  • Explanations of evil,
  • Social sciences

How to Cite

Pérez Hernáiz, Hugo. 2021. “Conspiracy Theories and the Question of Evil: September 11, 2001”. Locus: History Journal 27 (2):44-73. https://doi.org/10.34019/2594-8296.2021.v27.33824.

Copyright (c) 2021 Hugo Pérez Hernáiz

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Abstract

Conspiracy theories are explanations of evil that present themselves as rational and scientific alternatives to scientific explanations. Conspiracy theories are not scientific aberrations but share with sciences the same anxieties of total control of the social and physical world. Conspiracy theories about the authorship of 9/11 events reveal efforts to adjust these theories to the socially legitimated explanation of evil. These theories, however, also include elements that make them particularly satisfactory explanations of this evil.

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